thanks for your help. I looekd at the folder again.
There are no trash folders etc.

But I found the following on the "account.info" file:
...
bigmail = {Class="";Messages=25;Oldest=20030924123904;Size=30602630;UIDNext=26;UIDValidity=266101865;Unseen=20;};
...

I deleted the entire row from the file an made a rescan of the quota. Now it shows me the right usage.
Tests with Webmail etc. are working. Normally. I hope I have made no system critical error by deleting this entry.

Thanks
Urban

Martin.Hepworth wrote:

Make sure there's nothing in sub folders and stuff marked for deletion that hasn't been flushed out (Empty the trash folder). Also make sure there's no odd views in place if your using Outlook.

As for the du, I presume you did this as root so it can see all of the files (du only reports on files it has permission to see).

Today a user advised me that he has received the "account is over quota"
alert.
I checked out his mailbox. The Adminpage told me he has a limit of 70MB
and
has currently used 58MB. I did a recsan of the quota an now it shows me
30MB of
used storage. He told me he has only 3 small mails in his mailbox.

Therefore I checked the used space directly on the directory with "du"
(disk usage).
du told me a used space of 200 KB.

Anyone of you knows why the Adminpage tells me 30M of used storage?

Thanks and regards
Urban

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